Students from the Skoda Academy are busy building a Skoda Scala Spider, due to be revealed in June and teased in a design sketch. It’s always interesting to see what cars could be if practicalities and cost are taken out of the equation, and that’s pretty much what Skoda has done with the Skoda Academy […]
Skoda Octavia vRS iV plug-in hybrid – Skoda’s VW Golf GTE – back for another tease
Skoda is back with another tease for the plug-in hybrid Skoda Octavia vRS iV, debuting in Geneva, as VW reveal their new Golf GTE. Badge snobbery aside, the Skoda Octavia is the route to go if you want a new VW Golf at a better price, and that includes performance Golfs too. Just as VW […]
Skoda Enyaq: Skoda names its take on the electric VW ID. 4
The Skoda Enyaq is named as Skoda’s first outing with the VW MEB Platform for electric cars, and it’ll be an electric SUV – like the VW ID. 4. What’s in a car name? If you listen to car makers there’s all sorts of convoluted, high-minded consideration at the root of any car name. But […]
New Skoda Octavia vRS Plug-in HYBRID teased in design sketch ahead of a Geneva debut
A new Skoda Octavia vRS is about to join the new Octavia range, and Skoda are teasing it, and its plug-in hybrid powertrain, ahead of a Geneva debut. The new Skoda Octavia was revealed back in November as Skoda delivered their take on the new VW Golf Mk8, and it’s not just a good-looking and […]
Skoda Scala Monte Carlo and Kamiq Monte Carlo arrive to tempt buyers in to Skoda showrooms
Skoda wants to encourage buyers in to showrooms with new range-topping Monte Carlo versions of the Scala Hatch and Kamiq SUV. It’s either wet and miserable outside or cold and miserable, so the idea of traipsing off to buy a new car, what with Christmas credit card bills hitting and tax payments due, is not […]
Electric Skoda Citigo e iV costs from £16,995
The Electric Skoda Citigo e iV, sister to the VW e-Up! and SEAT Mii Electric, goes on sale in the UK with prices starting at £16,995 (after PiCG). The SEAT Mii Electric went on sale in the UK last month, and now it’s the turn of its Czech sister – the Skoda Citigo e iV, […]
Thinking of buying a new VW Golf? Be SMART, and get this new 2020 Skoda Octavia instead.
The new Skoda Octavia is revealed as Skoda launch their take on the VW Golf in Hatch and Estate guises, with new looks, new interior and lots of technology. The VW Group look set to make Skoda’s offerings more ‘downmarket’, but, for now at least, there seems to be nothing at all downmarket about the […]
2020 Skoda Octavia: All of the details – none of the photos
Skoda has release most of the details of the new Octavia ahead of its debut on 11 November, including new engines and two hybrid options. We had a tease for the 2020 Skoda Octavia last week, and it looked slick and appealing. But then it was a design sketch with more than a splash of […]
New Skoda Octavia TEASED with flattering design sketch
The new Skoda Octavia, Skoda’s take on the VW Golf Mk8, is teased in design sketches ahead of a debut expected in November. You want a cheap VW Golf? The answer has long been to go and buy a Skoda Octavia, pure Golf under the skin but with rather more conservative styling. And with the […]
Skoda going DOWNMARKET and SEAT going UPMARKET as VW looks to realign group offerings
The Volkswagen Group is looking to realign its brands to create more differentiation, and are planning to push SEAT upmarket and move Skoda down according to a recent report. We’ve had a moan before about Jaguar Land Rover’s model overlap cannibalising sales from one model to another instead of eating up the competition. But at […]